IARPA launches procurement process for video data to advance biometric tracking and re-identification
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has issued a request for information (RFI) for data collection from camera networks…
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Kenya completes biometric data collection of police as public registration exercise set to begin
The roll out of Kenya’s new National Police Service Information Management System is now complete showing that the service has…
UK researchers develop new technique for collecting latent fingerprints from metal surfaces
Researchers have developed a new technique for producing high-resolution biometric fingerprint images from the most challenging metal surfaces, including knives…
Law firms establish biometric privacy practice groups to focus on BIPA claims
Hahn Loeser & Parks announced this week that it has established a Biometric Privacy Practice Group to focus on claims…
UK commissioners urge pause on police use of automatic facial biometrics after pilots
The UK parliament’s Science and Technology Committee has been told that live facial recognition technology should not be further deployed…
Chinese government defends biometric surveillance in Xinjiang saying 13,000 terrorism arrests made
Chinese authorities say in a new white paper they have arrested 13,000 terrorists in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in…
EU Parliament approves lowering mandatory visa applicant biometrics collection age to 6 years old
The inclusion of biometrics in the European Union’s Schengen Visa Information System (VIS) for all visa applicants aged six and…
Russian banks advised to inform customers of biometric data collection after the fact
Russia’s central bank has issued recommendations for the biometric enrollment processes banks in the country should use to register citizens…
Florida considers biometric data privacy law with private action rights like BIPA
A pair of Florida lawmakers are proposing legislation to require private companies using consumers’ biometric data to obtain informed consent…
Thermo Fisher and American genetics expert awaken to misuse of DNA technology by China
Yale University geneticist Dr. Kenneth Kidd, who along with Thermo Fisher Scientific provided China’s government with the materials it needed…
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